Ancient Aliens Season 7 episode 10 : Secrets of the Mummies online http://x.co/5wslD <br /> <br />airsdate:2014-11-28 <br />overview:For thousands of years, in cultures throughout the world, people have practiced elaborate techniques to preserve the human body after death. <br />The ancient Egyptians believed mummification ensured entrance into the next life. <br />Buddhist monks in Japan practiced a shocking self-mummification process that began before death in the hopes of becoming a <br />"living Buddha." And the Incas consulted the mummified remains of their kings to discuss affairs of state and the future. <br />Ancient Astronaut theorists believe the global practice of mummification is not a coincidence, <br />but proof that highly advanced extraterrestrials visited Earth in the distant past